Search Again: Re: two primaries From: Date: Thursday, September 2, 1999 Time: 8:43:00 pm > > > I was thinking of doing the same thing, Wouldnt the second > server also be > the "Secondary" > Server. > Ross > > >cept I wrote a little applescript/control panel thingy to > copy the data > >automagically : ) > >and a folder action to restart dns on a change. > > > >Paul Willis wrote: > > > >> >is there anything inherently 'wrong' or 'bad' about > running both DNS > >> >servers as 'primaries' with exact duplicates of the data? > >> > >> Nothing at all apart from doubling your work every time you make a > >> change/add a domain as far as the internet is concerned, yes. but the as far as the secondary server is concerned, it thinks it's primary. it gets data from it's own zones rather than the 'normal' way of looking to another server. it just seems easier to me, to copy the primary zone data over appletalk rather than opening a new secondary zone on the second server. I can't see a downside, unless I'm just missing something... :) am I missing something?

Messages In This Thread: two primaries by on Sep 2, 1999 at 10:46:00 am Re: two primaries by Paul Willis on Sep 2, 1999 at 11:41:00 am Re: two primaries by xymotic on Sep 2, 1999 at 6:16:00 pm Re: two primaries by Ross Markbreiter on Sep 2, 1999 at 7:15:00 pm Re: two primaries by on Sep 2, 1999 at 8:43:00 pm Re: two primaries by Men & Mice Support on Sep 3, 1999 at 7:36:00 am